Afghanistan is more than the 'graveyard of empires.' It's the mother of vicious circles.

F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.

Just because digital technology makes connecting possible doesn't mean you're actually reaching people.

Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.

I think the evangelicals think they're in a holy war now.

I feel like I owe it to the readers to try to pull back the veil and give them the honest version of what's going on. But it's not more fun. If Obama, as he does sometimes already, gets a little snippy with me about something I've written, you're thinking, 'Oh God, the president of the United States is already annoyed with me.'

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.